{"id":10304,"date":"2026-09-28T13:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/?p=10304"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:38:09","slug":"sodma-holds-stakeholder-consultation-on-the-mogadishu-baidoa-corridor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/sodma-holds-stakeholder-consultation-on-the-mogadishu-baidoa-corridor\/","title":{"rendered":"SoDMA Holds Stakeholder Consultation on the Mogadishu\u2013Baidoa Corridor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"w6asjq_TextBase _85PZeG_Text PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"w6asjq_TextBase _85PZeG_Text\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-default-strong=\"\" data-d-inline=\"\">Baidoa, Somalia:<\/span> The Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) held a stakeholder consultation in Baidoa, bringing together business leaders, civil society representatives, and local government officials to discuss challenges affecting the <span class=\"w6asjq_TextBase _85PZeG_Text\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-default-strong=\"\" data-d-inline=\"\">Mogadishu\u2013Baidoa corridor<\/span>, particularly checkpoint management, unofficial fees, and road safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"w6asjq_TextBase _85PZeG_Text\" data-d-component=\"text\">Supported by <span class=\"w6asjq_TextBase _85PZeG_Text\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-default-strong=\"\" data-d-inline=\"\">UNICEF<\/span>, the consultation aimed to gather firsthand insights into the corridor\u2019s conditions, assess the impact of these challenges on commercial transport and humanitarian supply movements, and identify ways to strengthen safety, coordination, and the continuity of movement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"w6asjq_TextBase _85PZeG_Text\" data-d-component=\"text\">The meeting was opened by the Director General of the South West Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, <span class=\"w6asjq_TextBase _85PZeG_Text\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-default-strong=\"\" data-d-inline=\"\">Mr. Hussein Nor Adan<\/span>. Technical discussions were led by SoDMA Senior Advisor <span class=\"w6asjq_TextBase _85PZeG_Text\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-default-strong=\"\" data-d-inline=\"\">Mukhtar Sheikh Hussein Jimale<\/span>, while the session was closed by the Ministry\u2019s Coordinator, <span class=\"w6asjq_TextBase _85PZeG_Text\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-default-strong=\"\" data-d-inline=\"\">Mr. Ibrahim Mohamed Abdi<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-d-component=\"text\">\n<p data-d-component=\"text\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10305\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/829507764_2232666727465866_1470077842115050500_n-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10306\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/825279943_1830437981468384_1741711623849945059_n-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10307\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/827484459_4616760311932424_6529328815838186425_n-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10308\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/828783142_1123978970155799_874038450353252760_n-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baidoa, Somalia: The Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) held a stakeholder consultation in Baidoa, bringing together business leaders, civil society representatives, and local government officials to discuss challenges affecting the Mogadishu\u2013Baidoa corridor, particularly checkpoint management, unofficial fees, and road safety. Supported by UNICEF, the consultation aimed to gather firsthand insights into the corridor\u2019s conditions, assess [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10309,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10304\/revisions\/10309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}